西安几大著名旅游景点介绍(英文)

西安几大著名旅游景点介绍（英文）

大雁塔

Great Wild Goose Pagoda

小雁塔

Small Wild Goose Pagoda

秦始皇兵马俑博物馆

Museum of Emperor Qinshihuang’s Tomb Figures of Soldiers and Horses

秦始皇陵

The Tomb of Emperor Qinshihuang

鼓

楼

The Drum Tower

钟

楼

The Bell Tower

西安城墙

The Xi’an Circumvallation

华清池

The Huaqing Pond

法门寺

The Famen Temple

黄河壶口瀑布

The Huanghe Hukou Waterfall

大唐芙蓉园

Lotus palace of Tang Dynasty

Xi'an: Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayanta)

The Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Dayan Ta),is a Buddhistpagoda built in 652 AD

during the Tang Dynasty and originally had five original

construction of rammed earth with a stone exterior facade eventually

collapsed five decades later but was rebuilt by Empress Wu Zetian in 704AD

who added five more stories. A massive earthquake in 1556 heavily damaged

the pagoda and reduced it by three stories to its current height of seven stories

One of the pagoda's many functions was to hold sutras and figurines of the

Buddha that were brought to China from Indiaby Xuanzang, a famous Chinese

Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and ng is a prominent

Buddhist figure mostly known for his seventeen year overland trip to India

and back, which is recorded in detail in his autobiography and a biography,

and

which provided the inspiration for the epic novel “Journey to the West”.

The pagoda is built on the premises of the Temple of Great Maternal Grace

(Da Ci'en), originally built in 589 AD and then rebuilt 647 AD by the Tang

Emperor Gaozong in memory of his mother EmpressWende.

Before the gates of the temple stands a statue of Xuanzang.

North Square of Big Wild Goose Pagoda

Surrounding

Big

Wild

Goose

Pagoda,

the

scenery

is

also

quite

charming,

especially

the

square

north

of

the

Da

Ci'en

Temple.

Covering

about

110,000

square

meters

(131563

square

yards)

plus

20,000

square

meters

(23920.6

square yards)

of

water

area,

it

holds

many

records:

in

Asia,

it

is

the

biggest

Tang-culture

square,

the

biggest

fountain

and

waterscape

square,

and

the

largest-scale sculptures area. In the world, it has the most benches, the longest

light-belt, and the largest-scale acoustic complex.

The

entire

square

is

composed

of

waterscape

fountains,

a

cultural

square,

gardens

and

tourist

paths.

There

you

can

taste

real

Chinese

culture

and

traditions and fully enjoy the truly attractive views. With reliefs on the theme

of

the

prosperous

Tang

Dynasty,

200-meter-long

(656-foot-long)

sculpture

groups, 8 groups of sculpted figures, 40 relievos on the land, and 22 styles of

musical fountains, it has become a must-see when you visit Big Wild Goose

The Museum of Qin Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses

One

of

the

most

significant

archaeological

finds

in

the

world,

this

16,300-square-meter

excavation

reveals

more

than

7,000

life-size

terracotta

figures of warriors and horses arranged in battle formations. (3 pits)

The terracotta warriors and horses, created about 2,200 years ago, were found

in 1974 on the east side of the tomb of the First Emperor Qin Shihuang (259

BC - 210 BC) near Xi'an.

Emperor Qin Shihuang had Ying as his surname and Zheng as his given

name. In 221 B.C., when he unified the whole country, named himself

Shihuang Di and carried on the hereditary system.

To protect against harassment by the Hun aristocrats. Emperor Qin Shihuang

ordered

the Great Wall

be built.

The Bell Tower (Zhonglou)

Centrally located on the

Xi'an. The original City Bell Tower was constructed in 1582 and situated in the

west, but on its reconstruction in 1739, the tower was relocated to its present

site. A Ming dynasty bell weighing approximately 14.76 tons hangs in the

tower, but no longer chimes to inform residents of the time of day. Visitors

have the chance to inspect up-close a number of smaller bells.

Although the site itself is more of a landmark than an attraction, it is

frequently enlivened with local performances. Visitors interested in local

music should visit the site in the morning and early afternoon.

Originally, the tower had a number of entrances, but today, it only has

one accessible entrance located on Bei Dajie close to the Admission Ticket

Office.

Xi'an: Drum Tower (Gulou)

The Drum Tower was built in 1380 during the early Ming Dynasty, and got its

name from the hugedrum located within the building. In contrast to the Bell

Tower ,where bell was stricken at dawn, drum was beat at sunset to indicate

the end ofthe day.

There are twenty-four drums in the northand south sides of the Drum Tower .

These drums standfor the Twenty-four Solar Terms, a form of weather

calendar created by theChinese in order to guide the agricultural production.

The Xi’an Circumvallation

The Xi’an Circumvallation site is located at the center of xi’an c

ity with

the form of a rectangular. The circumv

allation, with its wall height of 12

meters, bottom width of 1

8 meters and top width of 15 meters, consists of

4 city gates: changle gate to the east, anding gate to the west, yongling

gate to the south and anyuan gate to the north. Its east wall has the

length of 2590 meters, west wall of 2631.2 meters, south wall of 3441.6

meters and north wall of 3241 meters. It was constructed on the basis of

the tang imperial city and under the strategic consideration of defense.

The thickness of the wall is larger than its height and is very solid that

cars can run on it. T

he existing circumvallation was built during

1373-1378 with the history of more than 600 years. It is one of the most